Suspender-buckle.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905. H. R. WEBB. SUSPENDER BUCKLE. APPLICATION IILBD'HAR.7,1905.

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UNITED sums PATENT orrion.

' Specification of Letters" Patent.

Patented'SeptI 2c, 1905.

Application filed March '7, 1905. Serial No. 248,943.

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. WEBB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of St. Louis, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender-Buckles, of which the following is a specification containing a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to that class of suspenders wherein the shoulder-straps are adjustable at their front ends.

The object of my invention is to provide suspenders with improved means whereby the front ends of the shoulder-straps may be shortened from time to time in order to compensate for undue stretching caused by wear.

The further object of my invention is'to provide improved means for the purpose just mentioned whereby the front ends of the suspenders may be readily detached from time to time and the buckle be kept at substantially its original'position.

- that it rested upon the shoulder of the wearer and caused pain and injury in many cases.

Heretofore in suspenders of this class when the shoulder-straps have been shortened. by adjusting the buckle farther up asthe length of the straps was increased by a long-continued service the buckle was permanently secured tothe shoulder-straps by'stitching or rivets and had to be moved so far upwardly Such defecthas been obviated by my improved construction.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the front end of a shoulder-strap, showing the inner side thereof. Fig. 2is an edge view of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 4: is an enlarged rear elevation of an improved buckle made use of in carrying out my invention.

' 1 indicates the shoulder-strap, and 2the buttonhole-straps.

In carrying out my invention I make use of the buckle 3, having the usual cross-bar 4 and strap-openings 5. Upon the inner surface of the said buckle 3 is fixed an additional crossbar 6, carrying the downwardly-projecting prongs 7 The last-mentioned cross-bar 6 is what I term the prong-bar, although in reality said prong-bar is formed integral with said crossrbar Land forms a part thereof. Said bar 6 is provided with curved ends 8, and a buckle-loop 9 has its opposite ends pivotally mounted in openingsformed in said curved endsof the said prong-bar 6. The bars land 6 are what may be termed fixed cross-bars.

The operation is as follows: The front end of the shoulder-strapl is passed downwardly through the openings 5 of the buckle 3 in front of the cross-bars 4 and 6, and is then passed downwardly through the bottom straploop 10, and is then passed upwardly and inserted through the buckle-loop 9 and thereafter made to engage the prongs 7 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The said shoulder-strap will thereby be securely held in position described and no further adjustment will be necessary until the shoulder-straps stretch in use. When it is desired to shorten the shoulder-straps, all that is necessary for the wearer to do is to pull the strap farther through the main suspender-buckle and then take hold. of the pro jecting end 11 of the shoulder-strap and pull the strap through the buckle-loop 9 a suffi- 1'. A suspend er-buckle constructed with the usual strap-openings for permitting the shoulder-strap to slip through it, and also provided with a fixed cross-bar carrying prongs, and a pivoted loop to cooperate with said prongs; substantially as specified.

2. A Suspender-buckle having a fixed crossbar and strap-openings, do wnwardly-projecting prongs on the cross-bar adjacent to said openings and a loop pivotally mounted at its ends to cooperate with said prongs in holding a. strap.

3. A Suspender-buckle having strap-openings separated by a fixed cross-bar, an addito this specification in presence of two subtlonal fixed cross-bar extending parallel to the scribing wltnesses. firstment10ned cross-bar, prongs pro ectlng downwardly from said additional cross-bar, HENRY WEBB 5 and a loop pivotally connected to said addi- Witnesses:

tional cross-bar; substantially as specified. ALFRED A. EIUKS,

In testimony WhereofI have signed my name I JOHN C. HIGDON. 

